Receptacle for apparel, &amp;c.



No. 747,287. PATBNTED DEC. l5, 1903.

WITTIGSGHLAGER. REGEPTAGLE FOR APPAREL, &o.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 15, 1903.

PATENT' OFFICE.

RECEPTACLE FOR APPAREL, 84C.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 747,287, dated December 15, 19031.

i Application filed September 4. 1903. Serial No. 171.887. (No model.)

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Be it known that LWILHELMINA WITTIG- SCHLAGER, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invent ed certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Apparel and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to receptacles for apparel and similar articles, and especially to receptacles likely to be subjected to movement and transport,wherein the articles are required to be secured against movement, crushing, and mussiug.

This invention consists in providing a framework upon which the articles are to be secured by clamps, pins, or in other suitable manner and providing within the receptacle means for the removable fixture o`f said frame containing the article in suitable relation to said receptacle and to other of said frames within said receptacle, together with no vel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Some of the objects of this invention are to provide a cheap, light, and strong construction by which articles subject to creasing and crushing in packing-such as waists, shirt- Waists, skirts, ttc-may be secured Within a receptacle against movement during the transport of said receptacle and against contact with one another, a construction where in the article when applied to its frame is rendered easily removable from the receptacle without removal from the frame, and a construction wherein such of said receptacles as are not in use may be stored in an exceeding small space and prepared for use at a moments notice.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings embodied in a trunk construction with a plurality of frames for the fixture of articles; but it is obvious that it is as well applicable to chiffoniers, tbc.

In the drawings, Figure l is a horizontal section of a trunk, showing one frame with article secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. l, showing a trunk containinga plurality of superposed frames. Fig. 3 is a broken perspective of one frame;

and Fig. 4 is a detail in vertical section, showing the connection of the bars and hooks.

Referring to the drawings, A is a trunk or other receptacle. I provide bars B in pairs provided with eyes C at'either end, which bars B are connectedbyastructure of woven or braided fabric. I have shown said structure of fabric consisting of a series of bands D; but it is obvious that a continuous sheet of material provided with plaits or edges may be used.

Hooks E are secured to the inner surface of the receptacle andthe eyes C of barsB engaged therewith to fix the frame within the receptacle.

When the frame is hooked in place, more or less tension is exerted by the fabric upon the bars B, which are preferably made to spring slightly, which causes said bars to sprin g slightly,decreasing their length, which causes the eyes C to so engage the hooks as to prevent the removal of the bars B until they are intentionally sprung outwardly.

The waist or other article is secured to the bands D by snap-clam ps, pins, or other means, as shown in Fig. 1, and when so secured the frame may be removed from the receptacle without disturbing the article. I have shown a series of frames mounted within the receptacle one above the other to occupy the entire volume of the said receptacle.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement to suit varying conditions without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a receptacle, of hooks upon the inner surface of said receptacle adjacent to opposite sides of said receptacle, bars having eyes at their ends engaging said hooks and taut strips of fabric connecting said bars.'

2. The combination with a receptacle, of hooks upon the inner surface of said receptacle adjacent to opposite sides thereof, bars having eyes at their ends engaging said hooks and taut strips of fabric connecting said bars and providing a supporting-surface.

3. The combination'with a receptacle, of cross-bars attachable to the interior walls IOD thereof, means upon the inner surfaces of the Walls of said receptacle for the attachment thereto and detachment therefrom of said bars, and a fabric structure connecting said bars and presenting when said bars are attached Within said receptacle a supportingsurface having a plurality of edge portions adapted to be engaged by clips.

4'. The combination with a receptacle, of cross-bars attachable to the interior Walls thereof, means upon the inner surfaces of the Walls of said receptacle for the attachment thereto and detachment therefrom of said bars, a fabric structure connecting said bars and presenting a supporting-surface having a plurality of edge portions throughout and clips adapted to engage said edge portions to clamp an article upon said surface.

5. As a means of supporting articles in trunks 4or like receptacles, a fabric provided with longitudinal edge portions adapted to be engaged by clips, and transverse bars secured to the ends of said fabric and projecting beyond the saine, said projecting ends being provided with eyes adapted for engage- V WILHELMINA WITTIGSCHLAGER.

Witnesses:

EUGENE EBLE, MARCUS O. HOPKINS. 

